Workers of about 100 Starbucks stores in U.S. begin 3-day strike

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Workers of about 100 Starbucks stores in U.S. begin 3-day strike

STORY: Workers of about 100 Starbucks stores in U.S. begin 3-day strike DATELINE: Dec, 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of closed Starbucks stores in Los Angeles 2. various of Starbucks workers on strike in Seattle STORYLINE: Starbucks workers from around 100 stores across the United States started a three-day strike on Friday, making it the longest nationally coordinated job action in the company's history. "Starting today, over 1,000 baristas are walking out on a THREE DAY STRIKE, making this the longest collective action of our campaign yet," tweeted the Starbucks Workers United (SBWU), which has won union elections at around 270 locations covering approximately 7,000 baristas since December 2021 and organized the Friday's strike, dubbed "Double Down Strike." Collin Pollitt, a union barista and SBWU organizer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was quoted Friday by the In These Times, an American politically progressive monthly magazine, as sa

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